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Heads in the clouds

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on Apr 18, 2011

Bay Area students explored aircraft like this C-130 Hercules turboprop at NASA Ames Research Center on April 8 at Yuri's Education Day. About 6,000 students participated in tours and hands-on educational activities, including building model rockets, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to travel in space.